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== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_161288" /> == | |||
<p> (pl.) of Prodigy </p> | |||
== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_56809" /> == | |||
<p> [[Wonderful]] appearances which were supposed among the ancient heathens to be taken some impending misfortune or calamity. These being regarded as marks of the anger of the gods, they were considered as calling for prayers and sacrifices. Whenever prodigies were seen, the pontifices, or priests, proceeded to perform certain public rites by way of expiation. The fall of meteoric stones was accounted a prodigy, and almost all the others might be explained by peculiar natural phenomena which in those ancient times were not understood. </p> | <p> [[Wonderful]] appearances which were supposed among the ancient heathens to be taken some impending misfortune or calamity. These being regarded as marks of the anger of the gods, they were considered as calling for prayers and sacrifices. Whenever prodigies were seen, the pontifices, or priests, proceeded to perform certain public rites by way of expiation. The fall of meteoric stones was accounted a prodigy, and almost all the others might be explained by peculiar natural phenomena which in those ancient times were not understood. </p> | ||
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<ref name="term_161288"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/prodigies Prodigies from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |||
<ref name="term_56809"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/prodigies Prodigies from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_56809"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/prodigies Prodigies from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
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Latest revision as of 09:50, 12 October 2021
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(pl.) of Prodigy
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [2]
Wonderful appearances which were supposed among the ancient heathens to be taken some impending misfortune or calamity. These being regarded as marks of the anger of the gods, they were considered as calling for prayers and sacrifices. Whenever prodigies were seen, the pontifices, or priests, proceeded to perform certain public rites by way of expiation. The fall of meteoric stones was accounted a prodigy, and almost all the others might be explained by peculiar natural phenomena which in those ancient times were not understood.
